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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1955-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1955-2016
Research article
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22 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2016

A chamber study of the influence of boreal BVOC emissions and sulfuric acid on nanoparticle formation rates at ambient concentrations

M. Dal Maso, L. Liao, J. Wildt, A. Kiendler-Scharr, E. Kleist, R. Tillmann, M. Sipilä, J. Hakala, K. Lehtipalo, M. Ehn, V.-M. Kerminen, M. Kulmala, D. Worsnop, and T. Mentel

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